dlint error in zone file

hiphippy hiphippy at newsguy.com
Tue Sep 2 19:00:57 UTC 2003


Hello,
	Maybe some of you know the dlint tool. When I run my foobar.net zone 
file I get the following. Please note mail.foobar.net nor mail appear in 
any of the files. Names (and ips) have been changed to protect the guilty.

;; All responding nameservers agree on the serial number.
;; Now caching whole zone (this could take a minute)
;; trying nameserver ns2.foobar.net.
;; 5 A records found.
ERROR: mail.foobar.net. has an A record of 64.163.12.133, but no reverse 
PTR record for 133.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa. can be found on nameserver 
ns2.foobar.net.
         The following resource record should be added:
         133.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa.     IN      PTR     mail.foobar.net.
ERROR: ns1.foobar.net. has an A record of 64.163.12.132, but no reverse 
PTR record for 132.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa. can be found on nameserver 
ns2.foobar.net.
         The following resource record should be added:
         132.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa.     IN      PTR     ns1.foobar.net.
ERROR: ns2.foobar.net. has an A record of 64.163.12.133, but no reverse 
PTR record for 133.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa. can be found on nameserver 
ns2.foobar.net.
         The following resource record should be added:
         133.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa.     IN      PTR     ns2.foobar.net.
ERROR: foobar.net. has an A record of 64.163.12.133, but no reverse PTR 
record for 133.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa. can be found on nameserver 
ns2.foobar.net.
         The following resource record should be added:
         133.12.163.64.in-addr.arpa.     IN      PTR     foobar.net.
---------
---------foobar.net
$TTL 3h

sterrett.net. IN SOA ns2.sterrett.net. root.sterrett.net. (
                         5               ; Serial
                         10800           ; Refresh
                         3600            ; Retry
                         604800          ; Expire
                         86400 )         ; Minimum TTL

; DNS Servers

sterrett.net.   IN NS   ns2.sterrett.net.




; Machine Names
localhost       IN A    127.0.0.1
ns2             IN A    64.163.12.133
ns2             IN A    192.168.142.196
@               IN A    64.163.12.133




12.163.64.in-addr.arpa  IN NS   ns2.sterrett.net.



-------named.conf


zone "." {
         type hint;
         file "named.root";
};

zone "foobar.net" {
     type master;
     file "foobar.net";
};

zone "12.123.45.in-addr.arpa" {
         type master;
         file "12.123.45.in-addr.arpa";
};

zone "0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA" {
         type master;
         file "localhost.rev";
};

reservse file  ----
$TTL 3h

12.123.45.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA ns2.foobar.net root.foobar.net {
         1       ; Serial
         3h      ; Refresh after 3 hours
         1h      ; Retry after 1 hours
         1w      ; Expire after 1 week
         1h }    ; Negative Caching TTL of 1 hour


12.123.45.in-addr.arpa. IN NS   ns2.foobar.net.

; test below



;       PTR records



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